![]() > The told the whole Windows 95 story in this 1996 interview with Joel Selvin: "The idea came up at the time when I was completely bereft of ideas. In 1995 he was using: Three DX7s, one TG77 and a Prophet VS, according to this Future Music interview. ![]() > In 2001, MS-hater post-rock band Trans Am released Let's Take The Fresh Step Together, which is the Microsoft Sound timestretched to 51 seconds. > Brian told XFM that he was paid $35,000 for the sound. Windows 95 sold 110 million copies in just two years. > Brian Eno has produced six U2 albums, which have sold 70 million copies worldwide. He once urinated in Marcel Duchamp's 'Fountain'. ![]() I'm pretty sure that this is the one (it sounds Eno-ish with delayed pianos). >There are various different versions of 'The Microsoft Sound'. A tiny slice of that money went to Brian Eno, who recorded the startup sound on a handful of ageing synths in his studio. Ten years ago, Microsoft spent $300m launching Windows 95 (just under $3 per copy sold).
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